stability…

09 Thursday Jun 2022

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today’s project was getting the bathtub pond emptied, cleaned, filled, and the pump going…

I used the wet vac and it took a while, but eventually the tub was empty…

I brought out the pump and filter from the basement and put a large rock in it for stability… last year it kept falling over as the water rose… looks like a great fix…

sprayed it down and filled it with water… turned on the pump, and away it went…

I found a large round piece of Tyndall stone and set a basket with some pond grasses into the pond…

it looks good and sound excellent…

after it was all done and I was reading, a bunny friend had snacks and then stretched out for a rest under one of the chairs…

another beautiful day to enjoy…

reminded…

08 Wednesday Jun 2022

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as I enjoy time in the garden I am reminded of how blessed I am…

yesterday I worked on hooking up the pump to the waterfall… the rocks that go around and over the pump were very heavy…

all of the cushions went out and looked good, although those darn elm seeds seem to be neverending and cover everything, lol…

had a meeting in the garden and was pleased with how well it went…

spent the rest of the day reading and maybe having a little nap…

the squirrels have been chatting a lot but there haven’t been many birds around… I did spot a neighbourhood cat having a sleep on the bench in the side garden, lol…

how blessed am I to have this beautiful space and the opportunity to sit and enjoy the serenity it provides;-)…

rust…

07 Tuesday Jun 2022

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Amy came by to update my lawn chairs…

she sanded rust spots… washed and rinsed all four chairs… let them dry in the sun… moved them into the garage… and spray painted them…

we had subs for lunch and a great visit on the deck… possibly we sat in the sun for too long😳…

she also painted the little frog water chimes that welcome people to the garden…

the chairs stayed in the garage for two days to be sure they were dry (and stopped smelling) and I put them out today…

they look amazing…

landscaping…

06 Monday Jun 2022

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got a rain barrel and new pots for the front flowerbeds a little over a week ago…

the pots were filled and planted shortly after… three were moved into their correct places and three were put along the driveway waiting for work to be done on the north side bed…

yesterday my grandson and his landscaping friend arrived to beautify the space…

they worked for five hours… removing ferns, weeds, and most of the wild rose which had taken over the space… they redesigned the shape of the bed and put down landscape cloth, laid paving stones where the pots were to go, moved a fountain and the very heavy birdbath… and lastly, dumped and spread fifteen bags of mulch…

it looks amazing…

so happy;-)…

Leclerc…

05 Sunday Jun 2022

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I was sitting on the back deck reading on Saturday, after doing some weeding, and heard a car in the driveway…

a friend was running errands nearby and stopped in for a quick visit…

then we went to Leclerc Greenhouses for a spot of plant shopping;-)…

as time goes on, I am feeling a little more comfortable about going out and about…

I found a hanging basket, some alyssum, a trailing tomato that goes in a basket and a couple of other small plants…

once I arrived back home, I hung up the basket, planted the fuchsia, ivy and tomato… but still have to decide where the alyssum is going to go…

lovely treat;-)…

surprised…

04 Saturday Jun 2022

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Thursday I was expecting a delivery from the drugstore so when the doorbell rang I wasn’t surprised…

but, it was the florist with a beautiful bouquet of flowers from a dear friend…

what a delightful surprise…

not long after, the anticipated delivery arrived… not nearly as exciting, lol…

edges…

03 Friday Jun 2022

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it was a year ago today that I fell into the pond…

I must say that I am still very careful when I walk around the edges of it…

wonder how long it will be before I am not so deliberate about moving in that area…

I can still feel the shock… and now I laugh when I think how I pulled my phone out of my back pocket, in the water, and dried it on my shirt even before trying to get out🤪…

the other memory involved the huge bruises that came up across my breasts days later from where I hit the waterfall rock… although they were a beautiful shade of purple… apparently I really hit it hard, lol…

compartment…

02 Thursday Jun 2022

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yesterday, I headed out to see the eye doctor and had to return to the house because I forgot my mask🤪…

I took out another one and put it into the glove compartment so if I forget again, there will be one available…

I was there for over two hours… apparently, my eyes and my current glasses are special, lol… the attention to detail and care of clients is quite amazing in these days of get ‘em in and get ‘em out… we also did some looking at new frames and discussed a number of possibilities for lenses…

as I drove up to the house, I found Hilda the Gardener just going into the garden with a beautiful hanging basket which she brought for me as a gift…

after she left I noticed that the lawn had been mowed, which was great as the grass had grown a lot with all the rain…

and the house got cleaned in the afternoon…

all in all, a pretty fine day…

Dynasty…

01 Wednesday Jun 2022

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great wander around the garden before the rain a few days ago…

excited to discover the milkweed is growing in the ground and in the planter where it did very well last year…

it appears that one of the dahlias may be poking through the soil…

and most exciting of all, the Monarch Dark Dynasty Butterfly Bush has new growth on it… this is huge as I’ve tried to overwinter them before without success…

right now only one of the pair shows any signs of buds, although that one came outside earlier than the other… fingers crossed…

footstools…

31 Tuesday May 2022

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took me five hours, working off and on, to put together the new chairs, footstools, and table that I ordered a week or so ago and which arrived on Saturday…

had to take bits and pieces out of the large box that arrived on the front step, make a few trips to the back deck… and then drag the box to the back…

of course the directions were just pictures and it took me a while to decipher them…

biggest issue was working between the lattice on the sides of the chairs, but eventually I got it all done and had a lovely time resting on one of the chairs with my feet on the pull out footstool, lol…

needed that…